Air circulator and heater



Dec. 6, 1932. H..J. DIVEKEY AIR CIRCULATOR AND HEATER Filed April 28, 1950 I|.|||.||' IIIIIII IIIIIIIII-IlllluuliliLl-ll Patented Dec. 1 932 I HARVEYIJ'. DIVEKEY, or AURORA, rumors, Assieivon mo rumors 'sUPrnY ooMPANY;

OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, 5A CO-BZARTNERSHIP' COMROSED 0F HAR'VEY J. DI-VEKEY,

WILLIAM'M. WILLET'I, SR.,.ZAND' WILLIAM M. .WILLETT; R. 7

AIR CIBCU-LATOR AND HEATER Application mes. April as,

My present invention-relates to improvements in heaters and air circulators for poultry houses. It has been my object to produce a simple and economical structure for heating and circulating the air in poultry houses which will take up a minimum space and will int-erfereas little as possible with the movement of the fowls and'which will require very little attention to keep it in operation.

Unheated poultry houses, for introduction into which my device is designed, are not uncommonly extremely damp and their effective and wholesome heating can only be accomplished when provision is made for securing an ample circulation of the heated air.

I have attained the above, indicated objects of providing facilities for'circulating and heating the air in poultry houses by means of the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of an air heating and circulating device embodying my invention, a portion thereof being broken away to indicate the interior arrangement;

the structure shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views.

I employ the same principle in creating and maintaining a circulation of v the air as is employed in the construction of a tall chimney or stack for the creation of draught for fire and in the employment of this principle I provide a vertical radiator consisting of a bottom header 5 and a considerably larger top header 6, which'headers are connected by a plurality of vertically disposed tubes or pipes 7 I prefer to cast the headers and embeing preferably welded together. The lower header 5 has provided on the lower side thereof embossments 8 which are bored and tapped to receive sections of pipe 9, which perform the function of legs or standards.- On the bottoms of the legs or standards}? are provided Ts 10 into the arms of which screw sections of tubing 11 upon the outer ends of which are mounted Us 12 constituting feet of. air upwardly arounds-theradiator. I i

Fig. 2 is a vertical central cross section of.

a suitable size and quality ofcommer-' cial pipe for the tubes 7, the pipe and headersfor the structure. The standards19 andithe associated parts formin athe zsupporti of the radiator are ofsutficient. eight to permit. the v fowls to pass freelyfiunderythe.radiatonand also? to afford ample space :for the circulation An end tube 7a dependingfromxtheupper header 6 .is shown .in 1 connected with .thetop or discharge port 'of.-an-oil burning water heater 18, and the-lower header .5 ;is connected with-the'return toithecsame water heater. The. reasonfonmaking-ithetopiheader=6 largerthanthebottom header .5 istqpro; vide, a relativelyconsiderable air -space in connection with .the; system containing the water heats will create pressureand permit of attaining!aheatconsiderably overthe nor .mal boiling temperature without boiling the water in i the i system.

- To fill the system without getting air into theq'pipewhich would create air locks and prevent 'theedesired. circulation; I, provide 7 apipe .21 leadingfromthe endofthe' lowerheader .5 opposite to thatiend of the header connected :15

with the water heater, which pipeleads above the upper headerf6 and is closedzby-al's'crew cap 22.- At about-the-acenterof; one end of v the upper header XI prov-ideanoverflowpipe I 23 with-.a' valve or cocki24. Tofi-llthe system F" the'valve orcock. 24 is opened. and :the cap 22 removed and .water poured into the .tube

a. 21' until .the w-ater. discharges fromithe overnated as 7;; a safety pressuregauge T14-to .preventzan wexplosionxin the event. that,

through mischance, :the temperature -i-n the 7 systemshouldget toohigh. 'The vertical rakdiator, as heretofore described,-will"heat the air and create somecirculation without any add tional features, but ltS 1. air circulating apropertiesiare; greatly increased by enclosing the :radiator between the side .plate's. $15 15, which renders theistructure very similari in 1 op eration: tor the operationiofa stacka-orvchimney except-that: myipresenti apparatus is more effective 1'' than a stack :01 chimneyl dfrequal l ,65 heated water-so that this air expanding asthe V length in that the air is heated and caused to rise throughout its entire length. i

I haveshown and described an oil burning Water heater 13 associated with my device.

' A. gas or other heater couldbe used equally, I well in connectionwith my invention. I have illustrated my invention in association with an oil burning water heater merelybecause de- 7 pendable oil heaters requiring only an adjustment of the fuel supply to secure a desired temperature may be purchasedon themarket. I i

The side plates '15 may be assembled with the radiator by means of spacing blocks 16 set'between the tubes of .the radiator, the ends of which blocks are boredjandtapped to receive stud bolts 17 extending through perforations in the plates which plates are secured to the spacing blocks by nuts18. It has generally been found desirable to provide the fowls'ewith warmed drinking water, and for this 'lpurpose I supply the water "troughs 191which'are' perforated near the tops 'of their back walls to engage studs 20 providednearthe bottoms of the plates 15. As there is'practically no evaporation from the radiator'or the heater." one filling thereof has been found ample for 'the'seasons use and 'a several-days supply of fuel may be provided for the heater. It will be seen that my heater requires very little attention to maintain it in operation.

As the legs support my device sufiiciently above the floor to permit the fowls'to pass under it, I provide a shelf or perch'for the support of the' fowls when they are drinking from the troughs. Laterally extending bars '19 are secured tothe-legs 9 in any suitable Way and'to th'e ends of these bars are serespective chambers;

ber and an outlet connection for said lower,

chamber aligning with the bottoms of said HARVEY DIVEKEY.

cured shelf or perch pieces 20 upon which the fowls stand when they are'drinking out jof the troughs.

' claim as'new and 'ters Patent is! v 1 i c 1. "A heater and air circulator-for poultry.v

7 7 j 'houses comprising a pair-0f parallel spaced,

for the fowls.

' The provision of a vertical radiator with side plates, as described and illustrated, se-

cures a continuous circulation of heated air throughout abuilding of considerable extent I which will both warm and dry the air in the building and produce -very"m'uch' improved and more healthful living conditions Having described my'invention what I horizontally disposed,-'elongated'chambers,- I V the'upper of said chambers being oflarger I 1 capacity than thetlower, a series of vertically munication between said chambers, plates rspacedfrom'and secured upOn'opposite sides :of said lower chamber and communicat ng tubes,-supports associated with -'sa1d lower chamber for supportingsaid structure in spaced relation with the flo,or,:and aninletdesireit'osecure by Leti disposed-tubes extending and providing comno I 

